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“Teacher Tips in Five Minutes or Less”

Written by: Educator Barnes

October 15, 2025

“Teacher Tips in Five Minutes or Less” is a series that provides teachers with tips they can use. Every teacher has sat through a professional development that has been useless. They may leave feeling inspired or motivated to stay in the profession; however, they left without any tangible steps they could use. Sometimes, teachers leave with tips they can use, but the tips are so complicated that teachers put them off until later and later never comes around.

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Let’s face it. Teachers are busy! They want solutions to issues they are facing in the classroom, and they want it as fast as possible. With this in mind, the Keep Indiana Learning Teacher Tips Series was created.

So far, the series has covered the following topics:

Each episode has a recurring format. An issue is identified, and then a strategy is introduced. In less than five minutes, an explanation is given on how a teacher can implement the strategy.

“This series is for new teachers seeking to establish effective routines and practices, veteran educators looking for a quick refresher or new inspiration on practical classroom strategies, and instructional coaches who need micro-content for workshops or PD sessions.”

This series is for new teachers seeking to establish effective routines and practices, veteran educators looking for a quick refresher or new inspiration on practical classroom strategies, and instructional coaches who need micro-content for workshops or PD sessions.

The episodes above are just the first season. The second season is dropping a new episode each week in the fall of 2025. Feel free to share some teacher tips or some issues you would like solutions. Send them to keepindianalearning@ciesc.org.

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    Educator Barnes is a married mother of identical twin boys. She is currently a middle school academic dean and CEO and co-founder of Barnes Brothers Books, LLC, a publishing company with a focus on producing diverse books for all readers. Previously, she has served as an English teacher, English learners teacher, literacy coach, college instructor, and librarian. She is also an education writer and editor-in-chief for Indy K12, hosts the podcast Brazen Education, and moderates Indianapolis Recorder’s EdGems. In her spare time, she is an urban gardener and writes about her harvest to table journey at www.gardenershicole.com. Go to www.educatorbarnes.com to learn more.

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